The change follows a complaint about federal scientists trespassing on private land last August.
One person then claimed that federal employees were taking water samples near Pense and entering his land.
In a press release, the Attorney General and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre stated that this change formalized and strengthened
the law was passed earlier this year. Federal employees must therefore also comply with it.
” After agricultural producers in our province raised concerns about federal employees testing water on their private properties without their consent, Health Canada admitted that federal employees did in fact conduct pesticide tests. »
In late August, Saskatchewan Secretary of Water Safety Agency Jeremy Cockrill sent a letter to Federal Environment Secretary Steven Guilbeault.
The province condemned trespassing by federal officials on farmland in Pense, Mossbank and Pilott Butt.
That same week, Saskatchewan passed a council decision to add federal government employees to the list of facilities to which the Intervention in property law.
In reply to Jeremy Cockrill, Minister Steven Guilbeault explains that on August 11, water scientists on behalf of Health Canada took samples near a road in Pense, about 35 km west of Regina.
Obtaining consent from landowners prior to accessing land is simply good practice and common courtesy, and we see no reason why federal government officials should not adhere to this standard.
concludes Bronwyn Eyre in the press release.
With information from Adam Hunter
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